From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: (qmail 28548 invoked by alias); 2 Dec 2004 14:22:56 -0000 Mailing-List: contact gdb-help@sources.redhat.com; run by ezmlm Precedence: bulk List-Subscribe: List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: , Sender: gdb-owner@sources.redhat.com Received: (qmail 27627 invoked from network); 2 Dec 2004 14:21:56 -0000 Received: from unknown (HELO baradas.org) (66.166.225.55) by sourceware.org with SMTP; 2 Dec 2004 14:21:56 -0000 Received: by baradas.org (Postfix, from userid 500) id C2D5E9842C; Thu, 2 Dec 2004 09:21:55 -0500 (EST) From: Peter Barada To: brian.laponsey@freescale.com Cc: gdb@sources.redhat.com In-reply-to: <1101996241.4678.13.camel@blapo.sps.mot.com> (message from Brian LaPonsey on Thu, 02 Dec 2004 14:04:01 +0000) Subject: Re: mcore-*-* target to be deleted? References: <1101996241.4678.13.camel@blapo.sps.mot.com> Message-Id: <20041202142155.C2D5E9842C@baradas.org> Date: Thu, 02 Dec 2004 14:22:00 -0000 X-SW-Source: 2004-12/txt/msg00013.txt.bz2 >I (belatedly) noticed an announcement on the GDB web page that the mcore >target has been declared obsolete and is going to be deleted from gdb in >the next release. > >I have made some inquiries about the impact this would have on our >customers, and although the response wasn't huge, it was definitely not >zero. There's a small but determined population of developers who >continue to use gdb with mcore. It also has a small but growing market >with small firms working through distributors, as well as a new design >group in China that prefers to use non-Microsoft tools. > >I don't know if one vote matters, but I vote to save the mcore. If you know of(or can support) someone who agrees to be a maintainer for the target then you'll have a *much* better chance of pulling mcore off of the 'obsolete' list. You'll also want to look to see the support status of mcore in GCC and Newlib... -- Peter Barada peter@the-baradas.com